Men&#39;s shorts



Feb. 20, 1940. u w, KAT; 2,191,169

MEN S SHQ'ZWS Filed Sept. 26, 1938 INVENTOR WIiZI/Zf; Y

ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 20, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MEN'S SHORTS David W. Katz. New York. N. Y. Application September 26, 1938, Serial No. 231,641 r 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-224) This invention relates to mens shorts, and and inexpensive garment to accomplish the particularly to loose-fitting undergarments of aforesaid results.

this category made of substantially non-elastic Other objects, features and advantages will material such as loom fabrics and provided with appear from the drawing and the description a high fly front. I hereinafter given. 5 Men's shorts of this type generally have two Referring to the drawing, 7 independent leg portions extending upwardly to- Figure 1 is a front view of a pair of shorts wards the crotch of the wearer in a substancontaining my invention, illustrating its position tially inverted v-formation, and joined to a on the figure of a man represented by dash middle back portion to form the apex of the lines. v 10 inverted V at a point below the fly but consider- Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1.

ablyabove the lower terminal edges of the leg Figure 3 is a somewhat detailed front view portions. Although this is the conventional representation of a pair of shorts containing my structure almost exclusively employed, it is neverinvention, showing the various pieces constitheless known to possess certain shortcomings tuting the garment. 15 which have heretofore been accepted as neces- Figure 4 is a rear view of the garment of sary evils. The said V-shaped formation does Figure 3. not, because of its very construction, afford suf- Figure 5 is a pattern of one of the leg porficient room for the malewearer, causing him tions of the garment of Figure 3.

general discomfort. This condition is consider- Figure 6 is a pattern of the middle portion 20 ably aggravated by the fact that there is an of the garment of Figure 3. accumulation of seams and bunching of mate- Figure 7 is front view representation of a modi rial at the apex of the inverted V, which, is, in fled form of my invention. the conventional garments referred to, in the Figure 8 is a rear view of the garment of Figdirect region of the crotch,-thereby causing ure 7. 25 chafing and considerable irritation to the wearer. Figure 9 is a pattern of one of the side por- It is primarily to overcome the aforesaid shorttions of the garment of Figure 7, and

comings in mens garments of the class described Figure 10 is a pattern of the middle portion that I have conceived this invention which preof the garment of Figure 7.

sents a structure. wherein the objectionable in- In the drawing, and particularly in the form 30 verted V crotch is eliminated and the seams (115- of my invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 6 posed at 'regions remote from the immediate inclusive, the garment comprises two side or leg vicinity of the crotch, and providing sufficient portions l5 and I6, the middle portion I1, the room for comfort. belt portion I8, and the fly portion l9. It will In conventional shorts containing the abovebe noted that the fly I9 is of the short variety, 35 referred to V-shaped crotch. the apical portion extending down from the belt to a point considerof the garment is almost always in contact with ably above the lowermost portion of the garment. the wearer, generally causing a very rapid wear- In the preferred form of my invention, th ing out of such portion and requiring frequent middle portion l'l extends down from the rear mending or replacement thereof. It is also an- 01' the belt to the lowermost level of the leg 0 other object of this invention to obviate this portions d 5, a d then continues uninterdanger by eliminating in shorts of this characruptedly up to thebottom extremity 2|! of the ter, any crotch portion in close proximity to the fiyrthe Said Huddle pomon belng entirely male,s anatomy in such region flanked throughout the length thereof by leg It is a further object of my invention to perportions and The .arrangement 15.511611 mit considerable freedom of movement of the as to pro'fluce stbstantmny T'Shaped i .thout the use of elastic material a tureat said extremity 20, and as to be entirely wearer devoid of any inverted V-shaped or other inresult whmh readlly pqsslble m the dentured formation extending up to the crotch.

- garment of my invention by disposing the neces- It will be observed that there are three main sary middle portion thereof at a bias to permit elements to the garment the leg portions |5 vertical and horizontal flexing of the portion and and t middle portion The parts underlyin Crotchare readily cut out from simple patterns and And another object of this invention is to sewed together inassembled relation to form the provide a relatively simple, readily fabricated shorts constituting my invention. Referring to 55 Figure 5 which is the pattern of portion I5, one side thereof consists of the .fly edge 2|, underneath which is the undercut portion 22 and then the bottom short edge 23 which is to be joined in the finished garment to the opposite short edge 24, as is clearly shown in Figure 3. Connecting the edges 23 and 24 is the bottom leg edge 25 which forms the lower leg rim of the portion l5. The top edge 26 is to join the belt portion l8 as indicated in Figures 3 and 4; and connecting the edges 24 and 26 is the diagonally disposed edge 2! which is to be joined in the finished article to the middle portion l1. It is of course understood that;leg portion I6 is identical in configuration to portion IE, but complementary thereto.

One half of the upper curved front section 28 of middle portion I1 is joined to edge 22 (of leg portion 15) from point 20 to the juncture of edges 23 and 24, the remaining portion up to the rear edge 29 being, joined to the edge 2! of leg portion l5. And it is of course evident that the other half of the curved section 28 is similarly secured to the corresponding portions of leg portion Hi.

When the three main portions l5, l6 and I! together with the belt portion l8, are operatively sewed together, they will form a pair of men's shorts wherein the leg portions are not separated to form two independent parts converging upwardly to the crotch, but are rather joined by the middle portion IT at their innermost and preferably their lowermost portions, thereby providing considerable roominess below the crotch for comfort, And it will be noted that the entire section of portion I1 directly underlying the region of the crotch is smooth and free of seams or junctures, thereby obviating the danger of irritation and chafing. The arrangement is such that the only seams near such region are those formed by the edges 23 and 24 and in the vicinity thereof, and it is evident that in such locations they are sufficiently remotely positioned as to be entirely harmless, and also not subject to exces- SlVe wear.

Inasmuch as portions l5 and I6 are not absolutely independent leg portions as in conventional shorts, it is preferred and highly desirable to position middle portion I! on a bias as indicated, so as to permit both longitudinal and transverse stretching thereof, thereby allowing freedom of movement of both leg portions 15 and I6 and such flexibility as may be necessary. With this arrangement it is apparent that no special elastic material is required to permit freedom of movement, and that the entire garment can bemade from a single piece of loom fabric. 1.

For a loose fitting garment of this class having a high fly front, my invention is particularly adaptable. This is due to the fact that the lowermost'terminal of the fly can serve as a juncture for the uppermost front section of middle portion H, which is necessary in accordance with this invention.

In Figures 7 to 10 of the drawing is illustrated a somewhat modified form of my invention, the

middle portion 35 being relatively wider at the bottom thereof than corresponding portion l1,

and consisting of downwardly diverging lateral sides 36 and 31 rather than the parallel sides of ing to said portion I1, but also a part of the legs corresponding to parts of portions l5 and I6.

Specifically, the leg portions 39 and 40 of this modified form of my invention are joined to edges 36 and 31 of the middle portion 35. The upper rounded portion 4| is joined to the undercut portion 42 of leg portion39 and the corresponding undercut of leg portion 40; and the edges 43 and 44 are joined to edge 45 of the leg portion 39 and the corresponding edge of leg portion 4'.) whereby the edges 46 and 41 of the middle portion 35 are joined to edges 48 and 49 to form full laterally enclosed leg members. With the exception of the modified patterns, this form of my invention provides substantially the same completed garment as the first described form, with identical advantages.

It is of course understood that the structures above described and shown in the drawing are illustrative of my invention and not employed by way of limitation, inasmuch as numerous changes and modifications may be made therein within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What I claim is: r

A pair of loose-fitting men's shorts of fly-front construction comprising two leg portions and a middle piece, the leg portions having bottom edges positioned below the level of the lowermost point of the fly, the middle piece extending downwardly along the rear of the garment to substantial'y the level of said bottom edges and continuing uninterruptedly forwardly and upwardly to form a substantially T-shaped juncture with the bottom extremity of the fly, the Width of the upwardly extending portion of the middle piece being sufficient to form a roomy pouch-like region at the front of the garment below the fly, each of said leg portions comprising an upper edge, a substantially vertical fly edge extending down from said upper edge, a recessed portion of curved configuration thereunder and extending first inwardly from said fly edge substantially horizontally and then gradually curving downwardly and outwardly, a bottom short edge below said recessed portion. an oppositely positioned short edge attachedto said first-mentioned bottom short edge, a lowermost horizontal edge joining said sliortedges and forming the bottom periphery of the leg portion, said lowermost edge being of greater length than said upper edge, and a diagonal edge joining the junctureof said short edges and said upper edge; and said middle portion comprising two substantially parallel vertical edges and a front and rear edge, the said parallel edges being joined to the corresponding diagonal edges of the said leg portions and extending into and being joined to the said recessed portions, the said front edge of the middle portion being joined to the inwardly extending 1 horizontal edges of the said recessed portions of 

